Illinois · Private foundation
Earle & Virginia Combs Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $934k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2025
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $525,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 66
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations Earle & Virginia Combs Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 31 | $929k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 38 | $785k | 3% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $809k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $608k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $674k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 50 | $656k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 59 | $629k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 66 | $600k | 9% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langham Partnership USA Inc Nfp | $1,813,650 | 9 | 5% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $980,000 | 8 | 89% |
| Northern Baptist Theological Seminary | $353,250 | 8 | n/a |
| Fort Wilderness Ministries Inc | $280,100 | 9 | 1% |
| Camp Manito-Wish YMCA Inc | $206,180 | 8 | 1% |
| Village Church of Barrington an Evangelical Free Church | $175,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Luis Palau Association | $167,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Russian Leadership Ministries | $155,000 | 9 | 5% |
| 222 Foundation | $140,100 | 8 | 11% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $62,500 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 66 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langham Partnership USA Inc Nfp | $1,813,650 | 9 | 5% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $980,000 | 8 | 89% |
| Northern Baptist Theological Seminary | $353,250 | 8 | n/a |
| Fort Wilderness Ministries Inc | $280,100 | 9 | 1% |
| Camp Manito-Wish YMCA Inc | $206,180 | 8 | 1% |
| Village Church of Barrington an Evangelical Free Church | $175,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Luis Palau Association | $167,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Russian Leadership Ministries | $155,000 | 9 | 5% |
| 222 Foundation | $140,100 | 8 | 11% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $62,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Sango Association | $55,400 | 9 | 23% |
| American Friends of Tyndale House Cambridge Inc | $51,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Barrington Susuk Strings | $42,330 | 6 | n/a |
| Citizens for Conservation Inc | $37,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Likewise Worship Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Trinity International University | $34,000 | 6 | 0% |
| A Rocha USA Inc a Rocha USA | $34,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Evangelical Free Church of America | $33,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $33,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Chicago Hope Academy | $33,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Mesa Global | $29,100 | 6 | n/a |
| The Adler Planetarium | $27,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Amg International Inc | $20,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Scholar Leaders International | $19,775 | 5 | 0% |
| Common Hope | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wycliffe Associates Inc | $17,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Shedd Aquarium Society | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alexander Leigh Center for Autism | $14,000 | 8 | 0% |
| One Collective | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Inner City Impact | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Christian Leaders for Africa Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Navigators | $11,800 | 9 | n/a |
| Barrington History Museum | $11,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Judson University a Baptist Institution | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gonowglobal | $9,000 | 4 | n/a |
| New Mission Systems Inc | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Word at Work | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Palm Missionary Ministries Inc | $5,400 | 3 | 1% |
| Axia International | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific Garden Mission | $5,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Lifesong for Orphans Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crossworld | $4,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Topic Inc | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Venture | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp Trident Inc | $4,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Romania for Jesus | $3,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Wooddale Church | $3,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Heritage Hill Corporation | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| By The Hand Club For Kids | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Calvary Community Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The International Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ravi Zacharias International Ministries | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Orphanos Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Forum Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gathering Church Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kenya Children's Fund Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| North Park University | $1,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Acts 18 Ministry Incorporated | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Schools for Salone | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Evangelical Divinity School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Leadership Development Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tomahawk Lake Association Inc | $270 | 1 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Earle & Virginia Combs Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 44 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
About Earle & Virginia Combs Foundation
- How much does Earle & Virginia Combs Foundation give?
- Earle & Virginia Combs Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $934,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 66 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Earle & Virginia Combs Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (61%), Philanthropy (16%), Recreation & Sports (3%).
- Who are Earle & Virginia Combs Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Langham Partnership USA Inc Nfp ($1.8M), National Christian Foundation Inc ($980k), Northern Baptist Theological Seminary ($353k).
- Does Earle & Virginia Combs Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Earle & Virginia Combs Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Earle & Virginia Combs Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tyndale House Ministries, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation.
- Where is Earle & Virginia Combs Foundation based?
- Earle & Virginia Combs Foundation is based in IL.
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